Big haul in California train robbery near Sacramento
Report of a Pacific Express robbery near Sacramento with $14 000 to $15 000 missing. Money sent from Portland arrived Saturday night. detectives hunt for robbers while guards protect the cached treasure. Messenger Paige wounded by a stray bullet as tension rises in the search.
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Dalles
Ore
Pacific Express Company
Portland
F. N. Hill
C. Tibbits
Expres
Tibbitts
Sacramento
Cal
Washington
Paige
Meads Shortage At Land Office Revealed
Thomas D. Meads former receiver of the United States land office in Marquette Michigan is found short in accounts. Bondsmen notified as shortages reach $2,000 with more claims likely after investigation. Meads received homestead payments during incumbency not turned over or accounted for.
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Michigan Land Office
Marquette
Mich
Thomas D. Meads
United States Land Office
Meads
Not a Trust Gut Railroads to Co-Operate
New York Oct 15 Col lis P Huntington denies forming a railroad trust to run roads west of the Mississippi. He says no trust is planned but calls for cheaper transportation and a single office for all companies to reduce costs while each company handles its own business and revenue.
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New York
Collis P. Huntington
Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
Mississippi
Fitzsimmons Refuses to Sign Fight Articles in Present Form
Bob Fitzsimmons, after receiving the fighting articles from New York, refuses to sign them as written. He objects to the championship belt being put up by a sporting paper for advertising plus the five ounce gloves used by champions. He also objects to the club naming the referee unless both parties approve. He questions the Florida club and notes the Dwyers’ backing of Corbett.
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Phidadelpasia
New York
Bob Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Sullivan
Mitchell
Fitzsimmons
Florida
Dwyers
Supreme court hears case on Australian election law
In St. Paut on October 15 a supreme court session addressed a contest over ballot regularity in Winona Fourth ward, Third precinct. The chairman marked 150 ballots for alleged illiterate voters, violating the rule that one person may mark no more than three ballots.
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St. Paut
Supreme Court
Winona
Board of Election
Bargained a Stolen Trotter at Galesville Fair
At the Galesville fair in August I. S. Farrand traded horses with a driver named Kelly and gave $100. A man from Eau Claire now claims the horse, valued at $500, with a 2:40 pace. Farrand will keep it until the spring term of court.
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Galesville
Wis
I. S. Farrand
Kelly
Eau Claire
Farrand
Milwaukrn Attorney Commits Suicide Over Drink Habit
Robert J. Wright a young Milwaukee attorney shot himself to death in Forest Home cemetery seeking his deceased brother Alexander who died two years earlier. Remorse over inability to conquer the drink habit is given as the motive for the act.
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Hind
Milwaukrn
Robert J. Wright
Forest Home
Alexander
The Whisky Trust Sued in Chicago Action
The Whisky Trust has been named as a defendant in a $100,000 suit filed by Fleischman Adams & Co of Chicago. The plaintiffs allege the trust sought to attach stock to claim they would dispose of assets fraudulently, and seek damages for injury to their business caused by the charge.
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Whisky Trust
ChicaGo
Fleischman, Adams & Co
Freight Trains Wrecked Near West Union, Minnesota
A bad freight wreck on the Great Northern at West Union occurred when a train collided into the rear of a sidetracking freight. Several cars and the second engine were badly damaged. Wrecking crews have been dispatched to the scene.
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St. Cloup
Minn
Great Northern
West Union
Burning Russian cactus trial in North Dakota fields
Farmers in Forman North Dakota report burning Russian cactus in piles to curb pests for next year. The method is promoted by several who say it halts pest growth. In San Francisco Judge Wallace sentences John Joy to life imprisonment for robbery under the habitual criminal act for stealing five dollars.
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Forman
N. D
San Francisco
Wallace
John Joy
Joy
Schofield Reports Army Needs Strength for Internal Disorder
General Schofield submits his annual army report to the secretary of war at Washington dated October 13. He notes his retirement next year and urges strengthening the military arm to face internal disorder and external threats, with particular reference to the Nebraska strike.
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Commodore Matthews
Washington
F. O. Matthews
Secretary of the Navy
Schofield
Washineton
Secretary of War
Sheridan
Nebs
Shoes and Shoes New Goods in Burley School line
Local retailer Gillis Shoeman Gillss advertises Burley School Shoes and other winter goods. Claims include 18 dozen Burley School Shoes, $3 lines, $5 and $3 values, ladies hats, felt shoes, mittens at 65 cents, gloves, 15 cent bottles, wool in socks, and broad inventory with heavy emphasis on low prices to attract cash customers.
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Burley School
Justin
Boston
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